Sure but thats because the guy didn’t buy his ticket soon enough, of course when Sunderland are playing at Wembley all the cheap tickets are going to go in a day or two.
Well I’ve looked at the Trainline website now going Sunderland to London Kings Cross.
Considering that the game is at 3pm and the earliest it would be all done by is 17:30. That would leave 1 hour to get from Wembley to Kings Cross. Don’t know how easy that could be but if possible its £158 return, leaving Friday and returning Saturday.
If you don’t make that train the next one is at 10pm and that involves 3 changes and takes 13 hours!
So the guy has a point considering that the latter of those trains isn’t an option.
Is it that surprising? Transport outside of London is a joke.
When i commute to Manchester from mid Scotland its cheaper for me to drive to Edinburgh and get a flight that transfers in Paris or Amsterdam overnight than it is to get any train
It’s a funny story but are lot of his costs have been offset by generosity of others, getting a lift back to sunderland, the stay at the grandparents etc
Additionally comes with the cost of time….a 4.5 hour trip on the train vs. 24 hours of flights and mostly waiting around…
It’s still a joke around the costs etc though!
Train companies continue to raise the cost of tickets, do nothing to improve the service and then complain about falling passenger numbers. Our trains would make the Germans and Japanese weep at how inefficient they are, it is like the companies are not even trying at times.
Thanks for the random GQ photo beeb
Just had a a weekend in Leeds, stayed at Berkeley Street,.train was £80 return each and £75 for the guest house. Rough area😅 nice house though
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Sure but thats because the guy didn’t buy his ticket soon enough, of course when Sunderland are playing at Wembley all the cheap tickets are going to go in a day or two.
Well I’ve looked at the Trainline website now going Sunderland to London Kings Cross.
Considering that the game is at 3pm and the earliest it would be all done by is 17:30. That would leave 1 hour to get from Wembley to Kings Cross. Don’t know how easy that could be but if possible its £158 return, leaving Friday and returning Saturday.
If you don’t make that train the next one is at 10pm and that involves 3 changes and takes 13 hours!
So the guy has a point considering that the latter of those trains isn’t an option.
Is it that surprising? Transport outside of London is a joke.
When i commute to Manchester from mid Scotland its cheaper for me to drive to Edinburgh and get a flight that transfers in Paris or Amsterdam overnight than it is to get any train
It’s a funny story but are lot of his costs have been offset by generosity of others, getting a lift back to sunderland, the stay at the grandparents etc
Additionally comes with the cost of time….a 4.5 hour trip on the train vs. 24 hours of flights and mostly waiting around…
It’s still a joke around the costs etc though!
Train companies continue to raise the cost of tickets, do nothing to improve the service and then complain about falling passenger numbers. Our trains would make the Germans and Japanese weep at how inefficient they are, it is like the companies are not even trying at times.
Thanks for the random GQ photo beeb
Just had a a weekend in Leeds, stayed at Berkeley Street,.train was £80 return each and £75 for the guest house. Rough area😅 nice house though